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Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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INVENTOR UNTTD STATES PATEN OFFIC WILLIAM J". ROCHE, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,251.

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The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved stay which can be readily manufactured, which contains a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, which is reinforced along its middle line, in which the wear is distributed over a long length of wire, and which avoids liability of the stay taking a permanent set on short bends.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, which represent one embodiment of the invention, the single View shown is a plan view on an exaggerated scale of one face of the stay.

The stayshown in the drawings is formed of wire, and preferably of a single wire 1, which is bent back and forth across the stay to form a series of transversely extending crossing portions 2 and two rows of loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay. These loops or eyes, as shown, are of two kinds, rentrant loops 3 and return loops 4. The rentrant loops are formed by bending portions of the wire inwardly toward the center line of the stay, leaving the loops open toward the outer edges thereof. The return loops 4 are formed by bending one of the edge loops baokwardly upon itself at one side toward one end of the stay and toward its center line.

The edge loops may be arranged in any suitable manner, but in the form shown, the return and reentrant loops are spaced alternately along the edgesof the stay. For example, there isareturn loop on one side and a reentrant loop on the other side of one end of each of the crossing portions 2 of the wire. Preferably also, each of the crossing portions is connected at one end to a return loop 4 and at its other end to a reentrant loop 3, and in the form shown the loops are arranged in pairs, the loops of each pair being spaced directly opposite each other. As shown, each reentrant loop is opposed by a return loop and the loops of each pair may overlap each other to any suitable degree along the middle line of the stay, as shown at 5, which reinforces the stay against bending stresses, particularly in the flatwise direction.

The stay described is simple and can be readily manufactured. It is very resilient and flexible and contains a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, so that it has a long life and is not liable to take a permanent set under short bends.

What I claim is:

1. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of edge loops and connecting crossing portions, part of the edge loops being recntrant and part returned toward the center line of the stay.

2. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of edge loops and connecting crossing portions, the

loops along the edges of the stay being alternately reentrant and returned toward the center line of the stay.

3. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of edge loops and connnecting crossing portions, part of the edge loops being reentrant and part returned toward the center line of the stay, said loops being arranged in pairs with the reentrant and returned loops opposing each other on opposite edges of the stay.

A. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of'loops and connecting crossing portions, part of the edge loops being re'c'ntrant and part returned toward the center line of the stay, said loops being arranged in pairs with the reentrant and returned loops opposing each other on opposite sides of the middle line of the stay,

opposing loops overlapping each other along the middle line of the stay.

5. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of reentrant and returned loops lying on opposite sides of the middle line of the stay and connected by crossing portions of the wire, the loops on opposite sides of the middle line of the stay overlapping each other along the middle line thereof.

6. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of returned and reentrant loops spaced uniformly along the edges of the stay and alternating with each other.

7 A garment stay, comprising Wire bent back and forth to form a series of alternately disposed rentrant and returned loops lying along the edges of the stay and connected by crossing portions of the Wire, the loops along opposite edges of the stay being disposed opposite to each other.

8. A garment stay, comprising Wire bent back and forth to form a series of alter- I') nately disposed reentrant and returned loops my hand.

TIL-LIAM J. ROCHE. lVitnesses:

FRANK L. ROCHE, T. F. CHARLTON.

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Washington, D. C. 

